steve paulson will be here with year free thanks giving turkey and beal and we will tell you more coming up. . >>> we have taken care of our technical problems so let's go back to janine de la vega with that alleged hate crime, janine? >> reporter: the president said he will take accountability for what happened here and he and the n aa c p are speaking at a news conference and they are accused of racially taunting their roommate. here is the statement, by failing to recognize the meaning of a confederate flag intervening or stopping the abuse or impose sanctions as soon as the gravity became clear, we failed him, i failed him. we marched with supporters to that news conference held at the tommy smith statue which is a symbol of civil rights and they had all their mouths taped as assist bell. -- a simple. many have expressed dissat faction. -- dissat faction. a 4th has been charged in juvenile court. they put a lock around his neck called him names and kept racist paraphernalia in their suite. activists are asking why they did not act more quickly. an incident expert will lead a proposed